I sauteed a 1/3 of a block of tofu with some soy sauce then added the veggies straight from the skewers as well as 1/2 an ear of corn.

Topped with peanuts.

This meal was quick and easy to put together after hot yoga this evening. I’m trying to eat the contents of my fridge before I leave for vacation on Friday, so all the left overs are the first things to go. 🙂

For dessert I finally cut into the quarter of a watermelon that has been in my fridge for over a week.

One Big Happy Family is a reality show that chronicles the journey of one obese family’s quest to lose weight and get healthy.

I’ve seen a few episodes and it’s pretty interesting. Sort of like The Biggest Loser meets Little People Big World, only instead of dealing with the challenges of being little, they are dealing with the challenges of being big.

I actually enjoy this show more than Biggest Loser because it’s a real family losing weight the real way in the real world without trainers, without nutritionists and without all the bells and whistles the everyday person wouldn’t have at their disposal. This show is setting out to prove that weight loss is possible without the bells and whistles. It also focuses on the love of family and team work. 🙂

With that in mind, I wish the show went more in depth on the family’s changes they’re making to lose the weight and get healthier. They have a great concept here, they just need to dig a little deeper into the emotional side for my taste. 🙂

I started to watch an episode of that show tonight, actually. But I wasn’t a fan of how it seemed to be more comedic than inspirational. I think it’s a touchy subject whenever people who clearly just need help are made into a public spectacle like that. That and I found Ice Cream Paradise two channels above them which sounded more entertaining 🙂

I’ve never seen this show, but I completely agree with you. I enjoy The Biggest Loser, but its approach to weight loss seems completely unrealistic and inaccessible to me. Not to mention, I don’t think it is entirely necessary or healthy for overweight people to work out for hours on end and live with an extremely strict diet. To me, weight loss is about patience and time.

That new show seems really interesting and much more realistic than The Biggest Loser. While I find The Biggest loser inspirational at times, I also think that it breeds a disordered attitude about food and exercise. I remember watching one of the finalists (I forget which season this was…the one before last, I think?) cry her eyes out to Bob b/c she had gone over her “calorie count” for the day and couldn’t fit in all six hours of exercise that the trainers wanted her to do. If that’s not an eating disorder in the making, I don’t know what is.

I also find it interesting that a few of the winners have gained back all their weight. I just wish The Biggest Loser advocated a healthier, more long-term, and more realistic approach to weight loss. I’ll have to check out this new show to see what it’s like.

It’s definitely an interesting show. I agree that it’s intriguing to see the other side of the spectrum and watch a family try to get healthy the real way. It’s definitely a more light-hearted show that’s also about this family full of interesting personalities.

I never heard of that show but when I scrolled down and saw that picture my automatic reaction was “whoa!” They are definitely a big family. I like that it chronicles “real” weight loss, but I think that they could probably benefit from having trainers and nutritionists.

I saw a few episodes of this show during, what I guess is now being called Season 1, and thought it was pretty good. I watched tonight and was shocked to see how much weight the mom (I forget her name) has lost. I like how they all support each other and how they seem like the average family struggling with car repairs, motivating their kids, their finances, and people close to them not always supporting their lifestyle changes. Some parts seem staged and cheesy, but I’ll probably keep watching. I’d like to know how long it took the mom on One Big Happy Family to go from a size 34/36 to a size 20.

I just watched this show for the first time tonight (while waiting for The Little Couple to come on), and I think I am totally hooked! The family is so likeable, and you can tell they love each other very much. I like to see a family unite to improve their health:)

I haven’t seen that show yet but I’m going to have to look for it now! I quit watching the Biggest Loser a couple years ago because it’s just so unrealistic and I hate all the advertising during the show.

I watched that show when it first premiered and found it hilarious. I enjoyed it more for the cuteness of the family than for its inspirational nature, but I will definitely watch again especially since there seems to be a dearth of good shows on TV now that it’s summer.

I totally forgot that show started and had been meaning to watch it. I used to love the Biggest Loser but feel it’s very unrealistic because due to the insane workouts and the amount of weight they lose in a short period of time. Last night I watched Jillian Michael’s new show, “Losing It” which works with a family who wants to lose weight. Although it was similar to Biggest Loser in regards to the grueling workouts, it went a little deeper in understanding where their issues stemmed from which I think is what needs to be emphasized when anyone has issues overeating, not exercising, etc.

Just reading this post now… I am pretty much having the same thing for dinner tonight as you had. Tofu, with sauted veggies and the recipe called for peanuts but I thought I’d jazz it up and use cashews instead.

I haven’t watched the show, but would consider doing so. It sounds like the this family has a lot of say it what methods they employ to lose weight and become healthier people. My issue with The Biggest Loser is that I find many aspects of it incredibly exploitative, and simply a ploy for higher ratings. Why set people in a room filled with “forbidden” food and watch them struggle to triumph over the temptation? Ugh. I’m also don’t think the show advocates long-term, sustainable weight loss/maintenance. Inevitably, people won’t be able to reserve 5-6 hours of workout time each day–nor should they.

I agree about One Big Happy Family; its a brilliant idea, but it just hasn’t been executed as well as I would have liked… I liked Jillian Micheals’ new show, Losing it with Jillian, much better! But I love Jillian Micheals, so…